RPC III, 6470

 

Image of specimen #45

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6470
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Leontopolite (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδρια(νὸς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΛΕΟΝΤ, L ΙΑ
Edition Λεοντ(οπολίτης) (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation Leontopolite (nome), of year 11
Reverse design Horus-Mahes standing, facing, head right, wearing military dress, holding spear in right hand, and lion, right, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.16 g
Axis 12
Specimens 49 (18 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3, 40: same rev. die. 11, 34: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3986
2 2     P: D.1289
3 3     L BMC N14
4 4     O: HCR34300 M 1237j
5 5     B: I-B 1900
6 6     B: 28798
7 7     B: 28798
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     B: 11920
11 11     Cop SNG 1106
12 12     V: GR 26107
13 13     V: GR 26108 (Tiepolo)
14 14     NY: 1944.100.58190
15 15     NY: 1944.100.58191
16 16     NY: 1973.56.707
17 17     NY: 1974.26.3445
18 18     NY: 1974.26.3446
19 19     Brussels: II.51.808 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. III.29: ‘Shou-Ares’
20 20     Cologne: 3408 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 158, 2006, fig. 3 p. 297
21 21     Frankfurt: 1357
22 22     Milan SNG 1191
23 23     Turin Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, p. 16; not illus.
24 24     Marseille: 525
25 25     A: 5044 perhaps identical to Dem 3553
26 26     Alexandria Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2968 = ETB coll.
27 27     D6281 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 302 = Naville 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 340
28 28     D6282, DS pl. 302
29 29     ETB coll., ex Naville 35, lot 485, ex DS10976, pl. 302
30 30     DS10977, pl. 302
31 31     DS10978, pl. 302 = Naville 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 395
32 32     DS10979, pl. 302
33 33     DS10980, pl. 302
34 34     Basel Münzhandlung 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1351 (not illus.)
35 35 –36     MMAG FPL 183, Sept. 1958, lot 44 (two coins; not illus.)
37 37     Mabbott 3735 (‘Sarapis’; not illus.)
38 38     Empire Coins 8, 17 Dec. 1987, lot 840 = CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 255
39 39     Kölner Münzkabinett 67, 12–13 Nov. 1997, lot 577 = Kovacs MBS XIII, 1998, lot 225 = Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 276
40 40     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 758
41 41     Elsen 58, 12 June 1999, lot 1618
42 42     Jacquier 26, Frühjahr 2001, lot 247
43 43     Monnaies XIII, 30 July 2001, lot 283
44 44     Berk 131, 2 Apr. 2003, lot 602
45 45     ✸ Aiello
46 46     Vat: 1912
47 47     Vat: 1913
48 48     Naville Auction 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 307
49 49     Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 111